Commercial property in Central Europe

• Global trends in the commercial property market: What will be ahead of us in the nearest future?

• A time of difficult decisions for Europe. How does the geopolitical situation affect the real property market?

• New classes of assets. Are investors targeting halls of residence, senior housing facilities or nursing homes?

• Original architecture, high technologies and the overlap of functions: How to build competitive advantages in the commercial property market?

Main development challenges the regions are facing

• Demography and depopulation. Countering the negative trends

• Education versus the labour market. Social policy tools at the regional level in view of the expectations of employees and employers

• Pro-development directions in the utilisation of EU funds as part of the new EU financial framework

• What next with health? Organisational transformations and finance in the health care system

• An efficient public transport system and other challenges related to the area of public services

• Strategies pursued by metropolises versus the development of particular regions. From contradiction to synergy

  
  

Foreign expansion of Polish enterprises

• Export as the driving force behind economic growth and a factor in building the positions of enterprises

• Foreign ambitions of the Polish economy: Continuation, correction, or a fresh impetus?

• Changes and continuations concerning the preferred/supported industries, directions and models

• What next with the Go Africa programme? Achievements to date and new opportunities

• A new important direction – Go Iran, once the sanctions are lifted

• India as a trade and investment partner. Potential areas of activity of Polish enterprises on the Indian subcontinent

The new energy policy

• The project of the energy policy up to 2050 – problematic validity. Is there a need for a revision?

• The European climate policy 2030

• The Energy Union – stage of progress and barriers to project implementation. What does that mean to the economies of the Member States?

• The Energy Union as the mainstay of security in the energy sector in Central Europe

• Experience gained and conclusions drawn from the implementation of energy infrastructure projects in Central Europe. New infrastructure projects

• The energy policy versus the climate policy and the industrial policy. Objectives and implementation tools

• The desired and actual energy mix – means of attaining the goal. The background of dynamic changes taking place in the European and global energy industry as well as in the raw materials and fuels markets

Taxes. Corruption and the shadow economy: How to reform the system?

• Pathological phenomena in the functioning of tax systems in the EU countries
• Losses resulting from VAT extortion in the EU. The scale of the phenomenon and its consequences for the public finance and the economy
• An abuse or “tax optimisation”? The limits of what is legal. The standard of a responsible taxpayer
• Tools intended to combat the shadow economy. How to combat pathologies without putting a spoke in the wheel of entrepreneurship?
• Should we tighten up the systems or repair them comprehensively? Requested changes in tax systems
• The degree of unification of national tax systems in the aspect of preventing pathologies
• The role of the fiscal apparatus, common regulations and co-operation between the institutions of administration of the Member States

Co-ordinated medical care – from diagnosis to rehabilitation

• What does co-ordination of patient care consist in? Main goals of the requested solutions
• In order for the patient to not rove around the system: First, there is a diagnosis of a disease, but what next?
• Financing of co-ordinated care instead of single procedures: How to do it?
• Its role and place in the system, as well as mutual relations between: hospital health care, specialist outpatient care and primary health care
• Care for the elderly and rehabilitation services – their place in the co-ordinated care system
• E-health – computerisation as a precondition for smoothness and continuity of patient care

Seaports

• The boom on the Baltic – its consequences for the economy
• Developments in the infrastructure of the main seaports in Poland in view of competition from other Baltic ports
• The role of private investors in the processes of specialisation of the main seaports in Poland. Investment plans held by the largest operators
• Creation of an integrated transport system and development of efficient transport systems in the nodes of seaports
• Improvement in the accessibility to seaports from land – the condition for the development of seaports
• Chances for an integration of inland transport and sea transport

The Investment Plan for Europe – new solutions within the corporate finance

• The Juncker Plan as an opportunity for an accelerated corporates’ development
• Financing burdens vs. market needs. Niches and investment gaps
• Investors’ inclination towards risk. Goal: To overcome post-crisis barriers
• The Investment Plan for Europe and its components (EFSI and enhancement of the regulatory environment as well as advisory and information tools)
• Financial market tools that support investors and investments. Variety, flexibility and effectiveness

Demography and the labour market in Europe

• Changes in the labour market versus the stability of the pension system

• The Prospect 2050 – demographic forecasts versus the labour market in Europe and in particular EU Member States 

• The demographic trap: Is the ageing of the society a challenge to both the economy and public finance?

• Social security systems: Do they need verification?

• The most serious challenges that the European labour market will have to face in the next 30 years (migrations and technological progress)

The Visegrád Group. Co-operation in Central Europe – new emphases

• Common actions and standpoints of the countries of the Visegrád Four (V4) in the current situation the European Union has found itself in – the need for verification and the advantages of a continuation
• Areas of possible interoperability; contradictions and compromises
• The Visegrád Group in view of the situation in the East, migration and the labour market, European security, climate policy, and the common market

Chemistry. Innovations, investments and the market

• The chemical industry in Europe and Poland. Foreign expansion of Polish chemistry
• Access to raw materials, cheap energy, and technologies – these are the key factors of competitiveness in the global chemical market
• A time of consolidation: Are we to expect another wave of mergers? What does a merger of giants mean for Polish chemistry?
• Product innovations. How to co-operate with science? How to commercialise research results?

Transport infrastructure in Central Europe

• The degree of integration of road and rail infrastructure in the countries of Central Europe
• Completed investments and existing barriers. The widening of “bottlenecks”. Potential economic benefits
• Possibilities of implementing common investments in the cross-border transport infrastructure in view of the EU transport policy
• Via Carpathia – a potential impetus to development for the countries of Eastern Europe
• The Baltic-Adriatic Corridor

The Africa – Central Europe Economic Co-operation Forum

Africa – an economic partner

• Africa 2016 – the most important economic trends in the sub-Saharan part of the continent

• Africa and Central Europe in view of the opportunities and risks resulting from globalisation

• An assessment of economic relations between Africa and Central Europe in the years 2015–2016

• Experience gained by European and African business in building economic ties

• The needs of the African economy. The role of economic diplomacy, infrastructure and staff training

• A map of business opportunities and possibilities for investors and exporters from Central Europe

• Central Europe’s offer for African countries. Responsible investment as a way to strengthen mutual relations

  
  

Technologies, innovations and the market

• How to carry out research & development activities in enterprises and institutions? Structures, organisation and finance

• The ability of Polish enterprises to implement innovation strategies. Risk acceptance

• Rules and practice of co-operation with external research facilities

• What tools does a director of innovation need?

• “Market-oriented” thinking in an innovative enterprise (technology intelligence and market intelligence)

Public space in cities

• How do private investors change urban space?
• Vision vs. Pragmatism – trends in architecture for commercial and public utility buildings
• Urban planning and public space design: Making them friendly to inhabitants and attractive to investors – the role of local authorities
• Foreign investments vs. the real property market – are vacant buildings scary or tempting?

Metropolises and smaller cities in Poland. Dilemmas of development

• The polarising diffusion model versus sustainable development – the dispute is still valid

• Metropolises versus medium-sized and smaller centres. Co-existence, balance or competition? Polish and global experience

• Creation of metropolises within the current legal framework

• Administrative division of the country versus the division of EU funds and the distribution of government subsidies

• The role of the location of regional institutions operated by both the government and local governments in the creation of the economic strength of the region

European funds 2014–2020

• The most important changes in the strategy and technique of utilising European funds

• Poland and other countries of Central Europe as beneficiaries of European programmes. Is this the last such a big pro-development money?

• To support Polish growth. The principle of sustainability in the distribution of funds from the new financial framework – objectives and risks

• European funds as a catalyst for private investments

The energy industry 2.0 – today and tomorrow

• Investments versus the maintenance of energy security: How not to lose balance?

• Innovation or transformation? Where do the priorities lie?

• Technology as a tool for supporting strategy implementation

• The energy industry open to the world – new business models as well as new products and services

• People as a power within an organisation – in-house transformation as a source of success

Before the Euro 2016: Football as an economic sector – economic benefits of investing in sport

• Main areas of impact of investments in professional sport on the economy

• Sources of financing of professional and amateur sport

• Physical culture versus GDP – main relationships (health aspects and the impact of leagues and clubs on the economies of particular regions, etc.)

Civilisation diseases – challenges to health care systems

• Main risk factors for civilisation diseases of the 21st century, including cardiovascular diseases, respiratory diseases, cancer and diabetes
• Air pollution versus epidemiology of cardiovascular and lung diseases
• Are we facing a risk of an epidemic of respiratory diseases?
• Costs of treatment of civilisation diseases, including social and indirect costs: How should we calculate them?
• Preventive care and effective treatment of civilisation diseases – a profitable investment for the state

Investment climate in Poland

• Involvement of PE funds in Poland. Scale, forms and trends

• The potential of the Polish economy

• What is worth engaging in? Types of assets and industries

• Does capital have nationality? Strategies pursued by funds versus the economic policy

• Is there a favourable climate for investors? An assessment of the investment climate in Poland

The rail cargo market

• Changes in the rail freight services and their causes: macroeconomic transformations, structure and demand for transport services

• National conditions for an increase in intermodal transport – the most promising segment of the freight market

• Investments in the PKP PLK rail infrastructure as an opportunity to develop rail transport and as the driving force behind the economic development of the country.

• Providing equal opportunities for rail transport (including intermodal transport) and road transport. Costs of access to infrastructure

• Promising routes and new directions in the flows of goods – North-South, and the role of Polish carriers in the implementation of the idea of the New Silk Road

• Plans of foreign expansion held by Polish rail operators

• Outsourcing and other trends in the functioning of the market. How are industrial groups prepared to use the services provided by specialised logistics companies?

Long-term saving and investments

• The level of private savings in the balance sheet of the financial sector; their significance for the possibility of financing investments and the economy

• Increasing investment and building long-term savings of Poles – desired directions in system changes

• The disastrous structure of savings. On deposits and investment funds in Poland

• The scale of savings accumulated by enterprises. Participation in the financing of the economy

• The investment and saving offer on the Polish market – bad experience and the breaking of prejudices

• The thrifty average Kowalski versus the products offered by the financial sector: Are they simple, transparent and flexible?

• The state and saving. Is there an effective motivation and education system?

• Pension funds. What next for the open pension funds (OFE)? The rickety role of the third pillar and corporate pension funds. Long-term deposits

The defence industry in Poland. Has the time come for a new strategy?

• An overview of concepts – directions and the modernisation of the Polish armed forces

• The scale of needs and the scale of expenditures

• Strengths and weaknesses of the Polish defence industry

• Foreign investments. The offset as an open sesame to contracts

• The army of tomorrow. Polish science and scientific enterprises (drones, space projects and cybertechnologies)

• The impact of political changes that have taken place over the last few years on the structure of the Polish armed forces and the needs related to the arms sector

Corporate assets management

• Challenges related to managing productive and non-productive assets 

• Structural changes, regulations, investments and other factors that impact the rational use of assets

• Fixed assets and methods of liquidating them. How to reduce burdens in a rational manner (maintenance costs, expenditures and external fees)?

• Ways to improve the efficiency of corporate assets management

• Flexibility of decision-making, labour intensity of processes, efficiency and productivity

• Is it possible to act quickly and in a transparent manner? IT support for asset management

Business abroad – state support

• The scale and scope of state aid and the assistance of its agencies for Polish exporters and investors. Good experience and weaknesses

• Tools and methods: direct support, economic diplomacy, risk management and financing

• Will they be more effective now? Integration of state support for export and foreign expansion of Polish enterprises

• Should there be an export agency? Principles of operation, competences and effectiveness

• Support for small and medium-sized enterprises. Common actions in foreign markets

What should the European Union look like?

• The most vital European questions: concerning the shape of the European Union and the future of Europe. The possible Brexit – the influence of the decision to be taken by the British on the situation of and prospects for the Community
• Euroscepticism, populism and decentralist tendencies: What can they be contrasted with? What do to in order to keep Europe intact as a whole despite it being torn to pieces by contradictions that are fuelled by risks, anxiety and turbulent events? Solidarity or particularism? The energy policy of Europe
• The migration crisis versus the future of the Schengen Area and the cohesion of Europe. The helpless and the passive: What hampers the creation of a rational and uniform policy towards the wave of migration? EU decisions without national implementation – a worrying precedent. What about the implementation of Community policies (e.g. the energy policy)?
• What ideas, concepts, activities and projects can/should the force integrating Europe concentrate around? Potential benefits (in terms of the economy and politics) from the deepening of integration. We seek what unites us – but for now, we are only trying to put out the fires… Or, maybe the integration energy resides in particular regions and we should thus focus on creating many ‘Europes’ united by common ideas and projects?

The EU Package for Gas – Europe’s gas security

• Energy solidarity of the EU

• Government agreements, gas contracts, information exchange and co‑operation in the EU

• The strategy for LNG and gas storage

• Investments in the gas sector versus energy security of the EU countries

Infrastructure. Investments

• Road and rail investments in the past EU financial framework. Experience and conclusions

• Will the new framework provide a fresh impetus? Changes and corrections to the investment policy of the state

• The hierarchy of investments, social expectations and political decisions. Criteria for the selection of priorities

• An investor, a contractor and a subcontractor. Chances for new standards in relations

• Tender procedures and criteria: Is there more than just low price?

• Can there be more for less? More expensive, but faster? Organisational innovations and new technologies as an opportunity for “added value” in Polish infrastructure construction

The Africa – Central Europe Economic Co-operation Forum 

Raw materials, the energy industry and mining

• Extraction of raw materials: Is it the main factor for growth or a dangerous economic monoculture?

• The impact of the worldwide collapse of prices of raw materials on the economies of African countries

• Economic relations between Africa and Central Europe in the raw materials industry

• Extraction is not the only way. Conditions and opportunities for development of investments in the processing industry in Africa

• Energy deficit in African countries. A vision of solving the problem

• Promising directions. The potential of investing in the energy industry, the production of goods and the extractive industry

Investments in innovation in practice

• Creative start-ups and traditionally managed corporations in view of the risk related to innovative activity

• Or, maybe there should be “turnkey innovations”? Outsourcing of innovative activity

• The art of commercialisation of research results. Who to co-operate with and how? How to share profits? What about trust?

• The risk is necessary and inherent, but limited. Conscious mitigation and acceptance of the threat of failure. Failure – a precious experience

Evolution of the real property market in Poland

• Is Warsaw losing its lustre? Higher amounts of capital keep flowing to regional cities

• The appetites of investors versus the shrinking market for attractive assets. Is Poland in danger of a slowdown?

• The saturation syndrome: offices, shopping malls and hotels. What is it worth investing in? Where do new opportunities exist?

• The macroeconomic situation, human capital and active local governments. How do cities and regions fight for investors?

Urban space revitalisation

• Revitalisation or renovation? What is hidden behind the catchy slogan?

• Revitalisation as a means of preventing the cities from “overflowing”

• Tools and methods. Incorporation of local communities to revitalisation projects

• Utilisation of global experience – good and bad practice

• Are Łódź, Wałbrzych and Bytom able to set Polish standards?

The capital market for the economy

• A diagnosis for the Polish capital market: Stagnation or crisis?

• The role of the WSE in the development of Polish enterprises

• The significance of the Warsaw Stock Exchange for the future of the Polish economy

• According to the investors: moods and trust as well as expectations and plans

• The financing of investments after 2020
• Experiences of companies listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange (GPW)

What energy mix should there be in Europe and Poland?

• Energy production in the EU countries – energy sources and the sources of diversity
• Natural, system, technological and political conditions for the national energy mix
• One objective, many ways – the energy mix for Europe versus the specific features of a given country
• The structure of the Polish energy industry compared to Europe – the starting point, evolution and long-term objectives
• The target energy mix in Poland in the next 20 years. Share of particular sources; Opportunities and limitations

Social responsibility policy in the strategies pursued by enterprises

• CSR managers – professional corporate social responsibility management

• What benefits does consistent implementation of a CSR strategy bring to an enterprise?

• Internal implementation tools, supervision, and co-operation with stakeholders

• CSR standards versus new communication technologies (social media, access to information, new channels of relations with customers, and sensitive data protection)

The constructive: Is is attainable to have a healthy return to work?

• The socio-economic significance of work ability, absenteeism, presenteeism and the indirect costs of diseases
• Is it attainable to maintain work ability and professional activity of persons suffering from chronic diseases?
• Co-operation between doctors, employers and employees in the fields of education, early diagnosis and adaptation of working conditions.
• The significance of keeping persons at a pre-retirement age healthy

Future of Polish-Japanese relations in the context of soon conclusion of EPA negotiations between EU and Japan

• Current stage of FTA/EPA negotiations between EU and Japan. Main goals and benefits,  expectations on both sides, challenges in removing tariff and not-tariff barriers.
• Potential results of EPA conclusion for member states - including Poland and CEE countries
• Polish investments in Japan – potential of Japanese market and  JETRO’s activities for promoting direct investment to Japan

Construction

• The construction market in view of the last great wave of investments supported with EU funds

• The contracting potential of enterprises versus investment outlays in the years to come

• Is the construction materials industry in a balance, or is it under pressure of fluctuations (demand, supply and price)?

• Office investments – the boom continues. Who is benefitting from it?

• Industrial and power engineering construction – the time has come for specialists to come into play

• Investments and their financing after 2020 – forecasts and concerns. The necessity of adjusting to the new reality

• Or, maybe expansion? Polish construction abroad

Partnership between the EU and the USA. Now or never?

• Controversies around the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)

• Talks during the crisis? The political and business aspect

• Achievements and further prospects of negotiations. Who and what favours a consensus and what hampers development?

• Agreement on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) – its consequences for global trade and its impact on the progress of work on the TTIP

• Where do the European concerns for the consequences of the TTIP come from? The industries and sectors of the economy that are exposed to the consequences of the abolition of barriers in trade with the USA

• Polish industry and export vulnerable to the potential consequences of the TTIP

• Who will benefit from a wider opening of the American market?

• How to prepare ourselves to freely compete with the US economy?

• The issues of energy and raw materials in the TTIP

The 2nd Poland – Countries of the Arabian Peninsula Economic Forum

• Export from Poland to the Gulf States has been growing by 42 per cent each year since 2011: Who exports and how much?

• Can the economic crisis in the Gulf States help Polish enterprises with their expansion in the region?

• How to promote good practice and experience?

• Business in Europe and business in the GCC countries – a diversity of methods of co-operation between entrepreneurs

• Industries and areas of possible success of Polish enterprises in the Gulf States

• Promotion of the Polish economy and its products among the business decision-makers from the countries of the Arabian Peninsula

• Building consortia of enterprises from Poland and Ukraine to increase the mutually beneficial economic potential during expansion to the Gulf States

Modern patronage

• The impact of cultural industries on the development of creativity and innovation of the society

• Money, truth and beauty? The role of investments in culture in social life and business

• “What will I gain from it?” Criteria for the assessment of investments in artistic projects

• Local governments and corporations as contemporary patrons. Standards in relations

• Dilemmas of autonomy. Freedom of expression versus the transparency of financing of culture

Managing contemporary cities

• The city as an organism – its economic, social and administrative functions

• Managing public administration as a service provider

• Modern technologies in urban management

• Tradition and modernity in urban space. Erosion of historic city centres

• Public transport systems versus the development of road infrastructure

• Security management in a contemporary city. Risks, prevention tools and actions aimed at countering the risks

Energy security – the state, the economy and the system

• Warning: Blackout? Risks to the stability of electrical power systems

• The energy security of states versus the common European energy market

• How to balance the system? Investments in networks and capacities. The role of an operator and generators

• Energy supply and the demand for energy. The power market and other stabilising tools

Roads, railways and shipping. The transport system in Poland

• The transport system in Poland – the current state. Consequences of the lack of balance

• Development of infrastructure versus expansion of particular types of transport. The role of regulations

• Rates for access to the rail infrastructure – the key to the development of the railway industry in Poland

• Relations between road and rail transport. Are there preferences or is there evening out of opportunities?

• Possibilities of achieving synergy between particular modes of transport. The role of inland shipping

• How to create a coherent system? Necessary decisions and changes. The implementation strategy

The Africa – Central Europe Co-operation Forum

Agriculture – possibilities of co-operation

• Agriculture in Africa – its scale, organisation and problems

• Genetically modified crops: Are they an opportunity or a risk?

• The needs and offer of the agricultural market

• Support for the agricultural potential of Africa and the European know-how. The preferred farm model and the type of its technical and organisational support

• Areas of co-operation in agriculture and the agri-food industry

• An assessment of economic relations within the scope of agriculture and food production

• Mutual experience and plans for the future

  
  

The labour market is in need

• Major trends in European and Polish labour markets. The impact of the socio-political situation in Europe on the labour market

• New requirements of employers, the expectations of employees, and market reality

• Factors of change: migrations, new technologies and automation

• Are we approaching the age of the employee? The necessity of changing recruitment strategies and remuneration policies

• The employee of the future: (Multi)specialisation, adaptation and flexibility

• Deficit specialisations in Poland and Europe in the years 2016–2020

• How to educate people for the new economy? A catalogue of necessary changes in education systems

Prospects of RES development in Poland

• The auctioning support will come a bit later… Prospects of investments in new RES capacities

• RES development as part of the Climate and Energy Package 2030 as well as in the plans held by the Polish government

• The place and role of particular renewable energy sources in the Polish energy mix. Biogas and biomass as well as wind and solar energy

• An increase in renewable energy sources versus distributed energy and prosumer energy. Towards a new structure

Smart city in the age of digitisation

• The digital revolution in the economy as a challenge for cities’ hosts

• New possibilities offered by smart cities. Ways of utilising information and communications technologies in urban management

• E-administration at the local level. A new quality of relations in urban services and communication with city inhabitants

• New technologies in transport, ecology, the energy industry and construction. Their significance for the development and attractiveness of a city

• Digitisation of resources and the IT tools. The road to efficient information management

• Public-private partnership as a formula for implementing smart city investments

Gala during which the results of the 10th Ranking of Responsible Companies prepared by Dziennik Gazeta Prawna will be announced

Doing business responsibly as the key to a stable market position in the experience gained by enterprises from Central Europe

What will come next in the East?

• Russia and Ukraine – scenarios of development of the situation

• Will Europe turn its back on the East?

• Donbas: Will there be normalisation or freezing? What next with Crimea?

• The (un)predictability of the Russian superpower policy

• Russia and Turkey – a cautionary case

• Russian games in the Middle East: Is Syria a testing ground?

Reconstruction and development of generation capacities in Poland

• Power balance – the risk of a deficit, its causes and other risks
• Projects under construction versus the possibilities of balancing power in the longer term. The role of the BAT conclusion
• The national programme of developing new capacities. How to do that? The role of energy corporations. What about support?
• Conditions for investing – profitability, guarantees and stability
• Should there be a single-commodity or a double-commodity energy market?

Cooperation with Japanese business – in Poland and in 3rd countries

• Japanese investments in Poland – its presence and recent trend

• Involvement of the capital and technology of Japanese corporations in the modernization of infrastructure - opportunities and barriers in railway, energy and other sectors

• High-speed rail project – shinkansen in Poland?

• Cooperation in clean – coal technology and carbon and capture storage sector - successful cases and prospect for further collaboration

• Cooperation in third countries – potential sectors and regions

Co-generation in Poland

• Co-generation – an assessment of achievements and investments; the potential for its development
• There should be support, but how to do it? Conditions for the development of co-generation – the desired regulatory model
• High-efficiency co-generation versus energy efficiency and the EU policy
• Development of co-generation in view of the specific features of the national heat market
• Fuel for co-generation. Heating companies and waste incineration plants: Is there competition or co-operation?
• Will the heating industry benefit from combating low-level emissions?
• The role of co-generation in maintaining the level of energy security of Poland

Corporate investment funds: Do large Polish groups need such funds for a dramatic improvement in innovation?

• Why do corporations worldwide establish their own Corporate Venture Capital funds (the so-called CVCs)?

• How does a CVC fund operate?

• How can a large capital group manage the risk of investment in innovative projects financed by a CVC fund?

• How to create a Corporate Venture Capital fund (the so-called CVC)?

Management in the digital age

• Digitisation of the economy as a challenge for managers

• E-economy versus traditional management methods. Reflection, continuation, or verification?

• Tools and methods of efficient management of contemporary economic processes

• The Internet of Things versus production process management. Communication between machines – a challenge for humans

• How to build advantages and improve competitiveness using new technologies, resources and competences?

The free market worldwide

• The free market status (MES) for the Chinese economy – its potential consequences for the global economy

• Chinese lobbying and European concerns. Dumping supported by the state and active protection of exposed markets

• Regulatory safeguards and their practical effectiveness in the reality of global trade (the USA and Europe)

India - Central Europe economic meeting

• Prospects of development of economic co-operation between India and Poland and the countries of Central Europe in the coming years

• Directions and dynamics of the economic development of India based on the flagship programme “Make in India” created by the country’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi

• The demand of the Indian economy for foreign investments in the context of their benefits for the economy (a decrease in unemployment) and for the investors (an offer of reliefs and incentives)

• Industries and sectors of the Polish economy as promising offers of co-operation with Indian enterprises

• Economic programmes of the Indian government versus Polish offers of co-operation between Polish and Indian entities

• India as an exporter – the current state and the potential. The Indian investment capital in Europe and worldwide

• Cultural differences and legal conditions; customs and non-tariff legislation; and other barriers to the development of bilateral economic co-operation

• Go INDIA – the promotional programme of support for Polish exporters and investors in the Indian market

• Co-operation between Polish and Indian enterprises as a higher form of economic partnership

  
  

Family businesses in Europe

• Economic structures based on family ties. Their features that are particularly important in times of instability (resilience to crises and adaptation capabilities)

• Dilemmas of succession. The generational change – the most difficult moment. Parents and children in business – differences in their experience and attitudes. A new generation of owners and managers

• Family businesses in the modern economy: organisational maturity, openness to new technologies, new management methods and external managers

• Development and capital in family businesses. The role of external investors Values in family businesses versus the strategies pursued by investors

• Can a ‘family economy’ be a recipe for the turbulent period? Between aid and protectionism: How to support family businesses without disrupting the free market?

The gas market in Poland

• The process of liberalisation of the Polish gas market. Beneficiaries and the pace of further changes
• Gas supply for the domestic market – main sources and the role of LNG and suppliers who are distant in terms of geography
• The Gas Port and LNG. The aspect of security. The economic reason. Costs and distribution
• Will there be gas from the USA in Europe? Is it fiction or the future? Potential benefits and losses
• The gas market in the eyes of consumers: How to buy gas and where? The influence of supply changes on the major gas consumers in Poland

The rail infrastructure in Poland

• Modernisation of the rail network – investments as part of the new EU financial framework (the amount of outlays, consequences of delays, and changes to the National Railway Programme). What about investments after 2020?

• Works on the key railway lines intended for cargo services and the construction of new sections

• Or, maybe the priorities? Routes of the greatest importance to the cargo traffic. Their future versus the pace of modernisation works

• The railway in Poland – a chain of dependence. A decrease in the market share in inland transport, the offer of the carriers, and the condition of the infrastructure

The leisure industry

• The leisure industry worldwide and in Europe. Its potential, the dynamics of its market, and trends
• Leisure as business: products, services and jobs. Interesting and useful examples
• Economisation of culture. Can ideas be considered as capital? “Creative industries” in cities and regions
• Local development based on cultural resources, heritage and social ties
• How to invest in the leisure industry? The role of sport, entertainment, tourist and cultural infrastructure

The business services sector in Poland

• Major centres of shared services (BPO/SSC) in Poland

• The dynamics of the development of the sector and the prospects for the years 2016–2020. Consequences for the economy and regional labour markets

• Preferences for investors, the office infrastructure, the availability of staff, and labour costs: Are they still valid assets?

• Service centres: Are they a panacea for the troubles the labour market is coping with? Arguments for and against

• The coveted employee profile. The quality of a workplace in the sector as a challenge for an employer

• Is an outflow of investors from the BPO/SSC sector only a matter of time? The anchoring policy. Evolution of the scope of services provided

Municipal investments

• Polish local governments in the new EU financial framework – investment priorities
• Sources of financing of local government investments
• Pro-development character of municipal investments
• Should investment meet the needs or match the ambitions?
• Municipal investment plans versus actual needs of local communities
• Running costs of the new infrastructure